When The Time Is Right...

...for pointless legislation declaring erectile dysfunction ads too racy for daytime TV, you'll know.

You’ve all seen them. Those ubiquitous TV ads where a simple little pill transforms a man suffering from erectile dysfunction, or ED, into a virile tiger who puts a smile on the face of his now beaming wife.

Well, Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) has seen them too, and you’d be hard pressed to see a smile on his face when he talks about the ads.
“A number of people,” he says, “have come up, including colleagues, and said I’m fed up. I don’t want my three or four-year old grandkid asking me what erectile dysfunction is all about. And I don’t blame them.”

Enter H.R. 2175. That’s a bill that Rep. Moran introduced last month that would prohibit any ED ads from airing on broadcast radio and TV between 6AM and 10PM. The bill advises the Federal Communications Commission to treat these ads as “indecent” and instruct stations to restrict their broadcast to late night and overnight hours.

And yes, Jim Moran is in fact a Democrat pulling this silly crap when the country has real and overwhelming problems to solve. In the middle of a recession, a constitutional crisis involving torture, a health care emergency and a climate on the brink, he wants the country focused on what time of day is acceptable to show those goofy Cialis bathtub ads.

Pay attention, Dems. This is how you lose power the country has seen fit to grant you until you prove yourself unworthy of using it.

ED ads. Really. Pay some real attention to the issues, Jim.